Facebook's IPO: who gets rich?

The rich are going to get richer when Silicon Valley's biggest IPO starts trading

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Facebooks IPO: who gets rich?

The rich are going to get richer when Silicon Valley's biggest IPO starts trading

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The rich are going to get richer when Silicon Valley's biggest IPO starts trading.

Facebook is only getting about half - or USD 5.6 billion - of the roughly USD 10.6 billion it plans to raise via a mega IPO. The other half, or about USD 4.9 billon, is going to a handful of inside investors - many Silicon Valley notables.

And Mark Pincus, co-founder of the gaming company Zynga , is set to get his second payout in six months. He stands to make almost USD 32 million, on top of his take when the social gaming giant he co-founded went public last year.

The largest seller is Accel Partners, which will make about USD 1.2 billion if the shares sell at the USD 31.50 mid-point of an indicative price range. Zuckerberg, who started Facebook in 2004 from his Harvard dorm room, is selling the next largest chunk of shares worth a little under USD 1 billion.

Assuming the mid-point price of USD 31.50, following are details on the amount the selling stockholders will make: